Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Seneca**

#3,092 most common girls' name of all time · #5,297 across all names · 50% male / 50% female · used 1956–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#3,092
Rank overall
#5,297 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
3,523
Since 2016
492
Peak year
1977 #2,292
Best rank
#2,058 1980
Girls Boys peak 219/yr
1960198020002020

Seneca first appears in 1956. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 33 16 49 #4,290
2024 25 21 46 #5,188
2023 26 16 42 #5,029
2022 29 20 49 #4,702
2021 37 12 49 #3,954
2020 34 17 51 #4,106
2019 15 23 38 #7,427
2018 34 24 58 #4,175
2017 25 22 47 #5,233
2016 33 30 63 #4,370
2015 33 18 51 #4,326
2014 28 20 48 #4,926
2013 29 20 49 #4,791
2012 30 11 41 #4,735
2011 31 17 48 #4,592
2010 31 27 58 #4,637
2009 39 27 66 #3,964
2008 40 26 66 #3,960
2007 40 41 81 #3,937
2006 52 34 86 #3,195
2005 39 29 68 #3,759
2004 42 29 71 #3,515
2003 45 26 71 #3,253
2002 29 31 60 #4,321
2001 38 27 65 #3,504
2000 37 30 67 #3,555
1999 28 14 42 #4,132
1998 39 16 55 #3,191
1997 38 30 68 #3,127
1996 29 17 46 #3,764
1995 53 9 62 #2,438
1994 40 12 52 #2,956
1993 28 11 39 #3,824
1992 25 8 33 #4,137
1991 26 10 36 #3,977
1990 34 15 49 #3,258
1989 21 14 35 #4,423
1988 27 12 39 #3,528
1987 16 15 31 #4,963
1986 17 27 44 #4,633
1985 26 29 55 #3,366
1984 32 39 71 #2,829
1983 23 58 81 #3,498
1982 43 58 101 #2,310
1981 42 82 124 #2,362
1980 51 147 198 #2,058
1979 37 110 147 #2,509
1978 37 117 154 #2,414
1977 40 179 219 #2,292
1976 24 107 131 #3,056
1975 15 7 22 #4,274
1974 11 11 #5,203
1973 8 8 #6,369
1972 6 6 #7,763
1971 7 7 #7,005
1961 5 5 #7,220
1960 16 16 #3,207
1959 8 8 #4,991
1958 5 5 #6,804
1957 25 25 #2,275
1956 10 10 #4,159